Sewing-machine attachment.



s, RINER. SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT. APILIGATION FILED-AUG. 16, 1909.

987,601 Patented Mar. 21-, 1911.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTQE. I

SUSIE RINER, OF STUART,

IOVIA.

SEWING1VIACIII1\TE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SUSIE RINER, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Sewing Machine Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for guidingcloth in relation to a sewing machine during the operation of stitchingplaits in said cloth, the purpose being to gage the depth of the plaitand cause the same to be stitched on a line parallel with the marginthereof.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a planillustrating my invention mounted as required for practical use inrelation to a portion of plaited cloth during the operation of stitchingthe plait thereof. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of my improved attachment.Fig. 8 is a front elevation of one portion of my improved attachment.

In the construction of the. device as shown the numeral 10 designates abearing-yoke adapted to be mounted on the presser stem of a sewingmachine. The bearing-yoke 10 may be adjusted longitudinally of thepresser stem 11 and may be secured thereto by a set screw 12 of anydesired height. L-shaped notches 18, 1 4 are formed in and open upwardlyfrom arms of the bearingyoke 10. A gage-bar 15 is mounted horizontallyin the bottoms of the notches 18, 14 and extends transversely of and incontact with the presser stem 11. The set screw 12, acting through thebearing-yoke 10, serves to draw the gage-bar 15 into contact with thepresser stem. Arms 16, 17 are fixed to and extend downward and forwardfrom end portions of the gage-bar 15. The arms 16, 17 preferably extendat right angles to the gage-bar 15 and are bent at their centers andextend forwardly at oblique angles to their vertical portions and arebent again near their extremities and extended upwardly slightly fromthe horizontal. The forwardly extending portions of the arms 16, 17preferably are flattened and have their greater transverse dimensions invertical planes. The gage-bar 15 is graduated on its front surface eachway from the center and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1909.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Serial No. 513,526.

the graduate marks thereof may be provided with indices as desired, suchas zero at the center, and one to ten inclusive each way from thecenter.

In practical use this attachment is mounted on the presser stem of asewing machine and adjusted at the desired height thereon so that aportion or piece 18 of cloth to be plaited may pass beneath theattachment and in sliding contact with the lower margins of the arms 16,17 thereof. A plait 19 is laid in the cloth and is stitched on thedotted line 20, the margin 21 of the plait traveling in slidingengagement with the inner surface of the arm 17. Thus the arm 17 servesto guide and direct the cloth and plait therein to the end that the rowof stitching on the dotted line 20 will be parallel with the margin 21of the plait. The gage bar 15 may be adjusted through the notches 13, 14of the bearing-yoke to the end of gaging, fixing and determining thewidth of the plait or the space between the line of stitching 20 and themargin 21 of the plait. Then a plait can be laid to the left of the line20, the gage be adjusted to the desired position to equalize the latterplait to the former one, and the latter plait be stitched on a lineparallel with the line 20. In either instance the stitching of the plaitis begun at the upper end of the piece 18 of cloth and extended towardor to the bot-tom thereof with the result that the stitching of theplaits on either side of the center is uniform and true and does nottend to draw and twist the cloth in either direction. Other plaits maybe laid and stitched successively to any desired number on either sideof the center of the piece of cloth.

I claim as my invention In a sewing machine attachment, the combinationof a bearing yoke adapted to be mounted adjustably on a presser stem ofa sewing machine, said bearing yoke formed with upwardly opening,transversely alining, L-shaped notches intersecting the bore of 'thebearing yoke containing said presser stem, and a plaiting gage mountedin said L-shaped notches and adapted to be clamped against said presserstem, said plaiting gage formed of a single length of wire having astraight central portion circular in cross-section and graduated eachway from its center and provided with indices in respect of thegraduations, said indices progressing from 0 at the center to 10 at theends of said central portion, said wire bent downwardly at each end ofthe straight central portion, said wire bent on obtuse angles forwardlyat a distance below the straight central portion to form forwardlyextending arms, said forwardly extending arms bent upwardly on obtuseangles intermediate of their ends, said arms being flattened and havingtheir greater transverse dimensions vertical, said arms also beingparallel With each other and 10 spaced apart a distance equal to thelength of the straight central portion.

SUSIE RINER. lVitnesses:

NELLIE LINES, H. L. HAoK'rHonN.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

